Differences and divergences were apparent in the spring of 2009, when the International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS) held its biannual global assembly in Johannesburg, South Africa, around the theme of ‘getting to results: evaluation capacity building and development.’ What became apparent was that a number of challenges had already been identified, but that trying to
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Editor’s comments: Today’s blog is written by Craig Russon, ECDG Board Chair. On 27 May, I participated in the Cyclotour du Lac Leman. About 3,000 cyclists rode all the way around the lake that Deep Purple mistakenly referred to as Lake Geneva in their classic, “Smoke on the Water”. There is a video map of
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The Malaysian Evaluation Society will host its 2012 conference in Kuala Lumpur, 10-14 September. Evaluation capacity development (ECD) will be one of its sub-themes as well as the focus of a half-day seminar. ECDG commends MES for the prominence of this important topic. Evaluation capacity development is beginning to receive the attention that it deserves.
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Editorial comment: Alexey Kuzmin continues the ECDG Advisory Group blog series by sharing his insights into evaluation capacity and the motivations that underpin sustainable evaluation associations. The creation of professional evaluation organizations (evaluation associations) on the one hand is contributing to ECD and, on the other hand, is a sign of growing evaluation capacity. Sustainable
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Editorial comment: We are very pleased to publish Pablo Rodriguez-Bilella’s post in the new series of ECD-related blogs by ECDG Advisory Group members. It is also available in Spanish in Pablo’s blog Al Borde del Caos In the context of Evaluation networks and associations, as well as with evaluation professionals, a clear consensus has been
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